2019-02-22T15:12:05Zhttps://jewish-history-online.net/oaioai:jgo:source-100.en2019-01-24T00:00:00ZenPhoto Pavement Mosaic Joseph-Carlebach-Platz (Bornplatz)https://dx.doi.org/10.23691/jgo:source-100.en.v1Margrit KahlInstitut für die Geschichte der deutschen JudenOnline RessourceOn the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the 1938 November pogroms,
the city of Hamburg on November 9, 1988 dedicated the “synagogue
monument” designed as a walk-in space by artist Margrit Kahl
(1942-2009). Located in the Grindelviertel in the Rotherbaum
neighborhood within Eimsbüttel district, the monument commemorates
the destroyed main synagogue of Hamburg’s German-Israelite
congregation. It is based on designs the artist created in 1983 and
1988 that were commissioned by the city of Hamburg’s cultural
office. This black and white photograph was taken by Margrit Kahl in
1988. The artist documented her work visually at various stages –
during construction, at the dedication, and afterwards – and from
different perspectives. The photo shown here was taken from an upper
floor of a building across the street at Grindelhof. It has been
printed in several publications and is available online in the digital
collections of Israel’s Yad Vashem World Holocaust Remembrance
Center’s photo archive, while prints of it exist in the artist’s
estate. It documents the redesigned square including the “synagogue
monument,” which stretches across an area of 35.5 by 26.4 meters; to
the right, the air-raid shelter is visible; in the background several
buildings belonging to the University of Hamburg are visible; not
pictured here is the Talmud Torah School building adjoining the square
on the left, which in 1988 was still used by Hamburg’s Polytechnic
School.2019-01-24